Department: School of Theater

Name Degree Designation Description
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Acting BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts 4-Year Program The intensive BFA Acting Program prepares students for the demands of a professional acting career across a variety of media. The objective is to nurture visionary actors who can work on stage, film, television and in the exciting worl...
Master of Fine Arts - Acting MFA - Master of Fine Arts 3-Year Program The Acting MFA is designed for advanced actors who are adventurous, imaginative and highly motivated. Training prepares students for the demands of a professional acting career across all media-from traditional to emerging. The curricu...
Master of Fine Arts - Directing MFA - Master of Fine Arts 3-Year Program In addition to MFA Directing-specific seminars and labs, students participate extensively in the Acting Program as well as in the Programs in Design and Production. They are further encouraged to take classes offered by other CalArts s...
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Design and Production Program BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts 4-Year Program In the first two years, the BFA core curriculum is structured to expose students to the fundamental concepts and skills used by theater artists, fostering a sustained dialogue between thinking and making. In keeping with the School's c...
Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Prod - Costume Design MFA - Master of Fine Arts 3-Year Program The curriculum's foundation studies cover the history of clothing, text analysis, construction, new technologies, management and graphic skills. Coursework emphasizes critical thinking and the designer's contribution to the collaborati...
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Experience Design & Production BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts Curricula for the Programs in Experience Design and Production consist of classroom studies and hands-on studio and production work. Entering BFA students are required to complete a common set of foundation courses that cover aesthetics, theory, hist...
Master of Fine Arts - Experience Design and Production MFA - Master of Fine Arts The MFA degrees in Experience Design and Production require three years of full-time study. An evaluation will be made at the end of the first year of study to determine the remainder of the student's curriculum, based on the faculty's evaluation of...
Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Prod - Lighting Design MFA - Master of Fine Arts 3-Year Program MFA Lighting Design curriculum centers on developing critical and practical skills with coursework that includes lessons in immersive lighting design, AutoCAD, digital rendering and vector works, and strategies for live performance. St...
Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Production - Management MFA - Master of Fine Arts MFA Experience Design and Production Course Requirements The MFA degrees in Experience Design and Production require three years of full-time study. An evaluation will be made at the end of the first year of study to determine the remainder of the st...
Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Prod - Scene Design MFA - Master of Fine Arts 3-Year Program The Scene Design MFA curriculum allows each student to find and shape a personal artistic vision: to explore the means of expression through historical and current theory with the expressed intention of discovering new forms, theory, a...
Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Prod - Sound Design MFA - Master of Fine Arts 3-Year Program The MFA Sound Design curriculum develop both theoretical and practical skills with coursework that includes lessons in creative listening, mixing and programming, music for themed entertainment and strategic approaches to sound environ...
Master of Fine Arts - Exp Design & Prod -Technical Direction MFA - Master of Fine Arts The MFA degrees in Experience Design and Production require three years of full-time study. An evaluation will be made at the end of the first year of study to determine the remainder of the student's curriculum, based on the faculty's evaluation of...